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Show PLENTY 0FEASY WATER A Description of the Hemby Well, its Cost, Method of Sinking and Kind of Strainer COOK HAS WELL W DIFFERENT TYPE Expert Says: "Abundance of Pumping Water Available" By Chester G. Haskell Continued from Xmas Edition Dec 17 The Hemby Well The Berkheimer well which was described in the first part of this article ar-ticle represented conditions within the first five or six miles south of Milford, Utah. As the shallow water wat-er in the valley at Milford extends about thirty or more miles to the southwest it was' thought desirable to sink a well in a centrally located place in this area. A canvas was made to find out who among the land owners in that part of the valley wanted to co No. 3 Perforated Strainer small test well to determine the character and thickness of the waterbearing water-bearing formation, and the depth of the water. This gives a good idea in advance of the prospects there are of securing water in a suitable amount am-ount under suitable conditions and frequently saves considerable expense. expen-se. In the case of Mr. Hemby's well it was considered reasonably safe to not sink the test well because Mr. Hemby had previously sunk a pit to water-bearing gravel and his land operate to put in the experimental well. It was found that several want ed the well but some were not ready because of finances, contests on land or other reasons, so that the only candidate for the well who was ready at the time was Mr. James Hemby. Had there been two or more candidates candi-dates who wanted to co-operate in sinking a well and they could not have agreed among themselves, as to who should receive the well, it would have been decided by lot. Test Well It is a safe rule in sinking wells in a new territory to first sink a was located in a part of the valley where it was almost certain to have received much gravel during the formative for-mative stage, due to its being opposite op-posite the point where the Beaver River flowed out of the hills and into in-to the lake during ancient times. Also Al-so Mr. W. W. Cook had secured a good well from the first stratum of water-bearing gravel about two mile to the northeast and Mr. Frank Wal-len Wal-len had a well about two miles to (continued to page 5) ' 1 H ' . V : 8 It ' i ' V ! '-. V ' S V I - 1 ' 1 i 1 ' 1 4 . ' ' I ,f, ' ' Lj ii . . t ' i' ... I ' No. 4 Plunger and Sand Pump |